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This annual event promises excitement, education, and motivation - an agenda filled with workshops and keynote/political speakers! Specifics will be mailed out at a later date but we wanted to make sure you had the necessary information for planning and budgeting purposes. We would like to encourage ALL affiliates to send at least one participant to the conference.

Family-supporting wages, strong workplace safety, freedom to stand together as a team in union are hallmarks of good job creation

As the Wisconsin Legislature begins a special session to adopt a multi-billion-dollar incentive package to subsidize Foxconn, the Wisconsin AFL-CIO is outlining key principles that must be included in order for the deal to be fair for Wisconsin workers and taxpayers.

Last week the German metalworkers’ union, IG Metall, arguably one of the world’s most powerful unions, showed that unions have the power to shape their future workplaces.

IG Metall negotiated a precedent-setting collective-bargaining agreement that privileges working conditions over wages. It won its key demand that workers have the right to reduce their working week from 35 to 28 hours for a period of up to two years in order to care for family members.

A new Guardian leak exposes Scott Walker's system of shady fundraising from out-of-state billionaires and a clear pay-to-play system of corporate political favors. Tell Scott Walker to stop the unethical corporate cash grab.